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An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is the equivalent in the crypto-sphere of securities’ IPOs. Unlike IPOs, which are harshly regulated, ICOs are still lacking significant regulation and allow average Joe investors to support their favorite projects from a very early stage.Currently, EOS tokens are stored on the Ethereum blockchain. On June 1st, 2018, the EOS main net will be released and the token will be swapped onto their own blockchain. Despite not having a running product yet, EOS is currently the 5th largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization, proving the great expectations of the cryptocurrency community for this blockchain.A decentralized application (dApp) is analogous to a software application on traditional computers and websites. Unlike these traditional solutions, dApps run on a decentralized network formed by thousands of computers.Ethereum’s network, who currently employs a Proof-of-Work consensus protocol similar to that of Bitcoin, has proven to be slow especially during extended periods of maximum use. EOS aims to reach a capacity of millions of transactions per second, which should be enough for simultaneous and global-scale use of multiple viral dApps. For that purpose, EOS will use a state of the art Delegated Proof-of-Stake (DPoS) protocol.In the Proof-of-Work protocol, computers in the network compete to solve mathematical problems in order to obtain rewards in the form of coins, while securing the network. A downside of this is the high costs and environmental impact in terms of energy associated with this protocol.Brendan Blumer is a technology entrepreneur based in Hong Kong and the founder and CEO of block.one. He created Gamecliff, a service for selling in-game items, at the age of 14, and has since been involved with several technological projects before focusing on cryptocurrencies.Dan Larimer is arguably one of the most respected minds in the “crypto world”. He is the creator of the DPoS protocol, and two previous successful blockchain projects, Bitshares and Steem, the two blockchain projects with a larger user activity. Now, he acts as the CTO of block.one and the main technical mind behind EOS.Market Analysis

How do you feel about a future that is fueled by the constant drive of wanting to achieve true greatness, by helping mankind in all aspects of life? If this sounds like something you see happening or want to see in the near future, Keplertek is the right project for you. The unprecedented combination of the up-and-coming industries of Robotics, AI, and the Blockchain will change the world in ways we cannot yet imagine!

Due to very high demand for KEP during all stages of the Pre-ICO, Keplertek decided to give the cryptocurrency community one more opportunity to participate before the start of the initial coin offering.

The Special Sale will start on the 19th of June 2018 at 8 PM UTC+4 and conclude on the 21st of June 2018 (8 PM UTC+4), giving investors exactly 48 hours and one last chance to take advantage of the generous 30 percent bonus offered during Pre-Sale.

Should you have reserved tokens before the Pre-Sale but missed out on your purchase due to not triggering the reservations in time, worry not — all previous reservations are still active during this stage and are waiting to be triggered!

The centerpiece of Keplertek’s innovative project is Kepler Universe, a platform that will make it possible for tech and financial geniuses from all around the world to connect and work on the technology of tomorrow.

The sad truth is that there are so many talented people with life-changing ideas and the potential to change the world, but most of them are never realized due to a lack of funding, experience, or infrastructure. By providing this infrastructure, Kepler will change the way we view technology and how we approach fundraising, as well as teambuilding, worldwide. Leave behind the outdated boundaries set by the biggest players in the field and join the revolution.

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After selling out all tokens assigned to the Pre-Sale within the first week (2 weeks ahead of schedule), Kepler’s team, consisting of over 50 brilliant minds (with 100 additional international members), is working hard to prepare for its ICO and to ensure the smooth launch of KEP and Kepler Universe.

The ICO will start on June 26th, offering a 20 percent bonus during the first stage, decreasing to 10, 5, and eventually 0 percent. KEP will then hit major exchanges right afterward and have the alpha version of Kepler Universe ready by Q3 of 2018.

Take your future into your own hands and seize the opportunity to get involved with the best project out there on the ground floor. Complete KYC and get ready for June 17th, it WILL pay off – don’t let this be another missed opportunity and reap the rewards of your early discovery!

Also, don’t wait until the last minute, it only took 24 hours for Kepler to sell 400.000 tokens during Pre-Sale. Join the Special Sale and make a revolutionary investment into a limitless future, from which we will all one-day benefit!

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On top of a successful rebranding from HealthHeart, Keyqo has announced significant progress towards the release of their new healthcare IT security product.

In a recent update, CEO Mark Rudnitsky, described the product as follows:

For this first phase, we are developing a security monitoring tool, which tracks the transfer of sensitive data within and out of a given clinic’s network. We have a small ‘agent’ that gets installed on each machine on the network. It monitors all traffic coming in and out of that machine. It interfaces with an intrusion-detection system (IDS), which tells it certain ‘patterns’ to look for, which indicate patient data is being compromised. If those patterns are detected by the agent, it will report to a central server with what it found. The server will take those logs, encrypt them, and store the information on a private blockchain (this is a requirement so we’re HIPAA-compliant). So no matter if the machine is compromised by an attacker, the logs can never be modified. There’s a dashboard/admin console that the end user utilizes to see any alerts or indicators of compromise, as well as separate tools for storing customer data, reporting, and billing.

Velvetech, Keyqo’s software development partner, has provided an estimate of Phase One completion in about three months. First to be completed are the IDS and blockchain components, with the agents and dashboard following later.

While the original blockchain EHR concept has been temporarily placed on hold, Rudnitsky seems optimistic on the pivot to HCIT security software:

The cost of healthcare data breaches is higher than it’s ever been. Every single record breached can cost an organization $380. The security solutions offered by others clearly aren’t working. So not only do healthcare organizations of all sizes need the blockchain security solutions we’re building, we are also able to benefit them with minimum disruption to their operations. We can integrate with any IT system that a hospital could use. No need for a full EHR migration, no need for system downtime – providers can secure their patient data without even thinking of compromising the quality of care.

The pivot to security seems to be paying off. Several hospital chains reportedly have reached out to Keyqo and the company’s leadership has been developing awareness among Illinois podiatry clinics.

Rudnitsky seems optimistic about the future:

What we’re doing right now in the HCIT space is nothing short of revolutionary. The recent increase in healthcare blockchain companies shows exactly how forward-thinking we were when we started back in September. We’re the vanguard, bringing healthcare IT into the 21st century. The future looks bright for Keyqo.

What are your thoughts on Healthheart / Keyqo’s new direction? How can blockchain help secure healthcare providers’ patient records? Let us know in the comments below.

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Keplertek recently finished its Pre-Sale, thus concluding the final stage of its Pre-ICO. In total, all of the pre-sale tokens sold out within the first seven days — an incredible achievement that the team is understandably proud of. There is more and more talk about this amazing project, and rightfully so — so let’s take a deeper look at what makes Kepler Technologies truly special.

Robotics and AI on the Blockchain

Robotics and AI are some of the most disruptive technologies in our world – they’re already very real and about to change the world for the better.

Imagine a future that is shaped by the way we interact with technology, and not by the tiring quest of actually getting there – this is where Keplertek comes in.

By combining these three exciting fields of technology and providing the infrastructure needed for geniuses to work on their projects without having to go through the tedious process of fundraising and finding experienced and competent members, Keplertek will enable thousands of interesting projects to be realized instead of drowning in bureaucracy and vanishing forever.

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Georgia: Tech Hub of the Future

Georgia is known for being a very tech-friendly country that gives its best to support up-and-coming companies that try to change the world of today by inventing the technology of tomorrow. It’s not only one of the countries with the most miners and mining companies, but also very interested in fostering innovation.

Its geographical proximity to both Europe and Asia is one of the most important and decisive factors in terms of international trade, allowing Keplertek to forge important partnerships throughout the entire world. This is further strengthened by a very accommodating tax policy, seeing as the total tax rate is 16.4 percent (percentage of profits). This allows businesses to flourish and grow organically.

One of the Biggest Teams

Keplertek has over 50 employees working around the clock in its Tbilisi office, ensuring the launch of KEP and Kepler Universe will go as smoothly as possible.

With over 100 more team members working from abroad and in R&D, Keplertek is without a doubt one of the (if not THE) biggest projects in the ICO space at the moment.

Strong Social Media Presence

Keplertek has a Telegram group with over 86.000 members and a lot of interesting discussion about the project and the general evolution of cryptocurrencies. It is always possible to get your questions answered by an Admin and partake in activities like quizzes with KEP rewards — strengthening the community even further.

Keplertek is also on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn — take a look and get to know the dedicated team behind this project even better!

All in all, Kepler can be considered the most interesting project in the cryptocurrency space at the moment.

Register now to complete KYC and participate in the ICO, starting on June 26th and lasting until July 17th. However, it’s better to hurry – if Pre-Sale is anything to go by, all tokens will be sold considerably sooner!

Don’t miss your chance, get ready to invest in a limitless future and take advantage of the 20 percent bonus on all purchases during the first round of ICO!

For more information visit keplertek.org, and check out the following links:

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NAGA’s extensive ecosystem provides a truly diversified portfolio of proven use cases and value drivers. Here’s everything you need to know about one of the most impressive platforms in the cryptocurrency space, today.

NAGA Coin

At the heart of NAGA is the platform’s unique cryptocurrency token, the NAGA COIN (NGC).

NGC’s claim to fame is that it successfully decentralizes cryptocurrency for traditional financial markets, virtual goods, and cryptocurrencies. In doing so, NGC eradicates investor reliance on greedy banks and corporations, which control access, operate opaquely, and charge large fees while taking unhealthy cuts of the profits.

Reduced trading fees on NAGA TRADER, as well as on every asset using an NGC account. For example, NGC users will pay 50% less on trading commissions for each trade they perform on NAGA TRADER.

Cashback on a per-trade basis performed by NAGA TRADER using an NGC account.

Double crediting of copy bonuses on NAGA TRADER using an NGC account.

Lower trading fees for every asset listed on NAGA VIRTUAL.

Membership in the NAGA VIRTUAL Cashback Program.

Payment method for all NAGA Academy courses

Discounted purchase of ad credits for the NAGA VIRTUAL and NAGA TRADER AdManager.

Community status and free access to paid and premium content.

Users also benefit from the digital transformation of the largest industries in the world.

Unlike other tokens with minimal use cases or little more than lofty promises, NGC is already live and has proven to be successful. In fact, it is already trading upwards of $2 million daily. On May 23, the 24-hour trading volume was $15 million.

NGC has also recently been listed on the popular cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex and has been integrated into the exchange service Changelly. NGC can also be bought and sold on other major cryptocurrency exchanges, such as Upbit, HitBTC, and OKEx, as well as IDEX and Cobinhood.

NAGA Trader

NAGA TRADER allows users to trade 700 markets in real-time, including cryptocurrencies, stocks, and forex and supports the funding of trading accounts with cryptocurrencies.

NAGA TRADER users also have access to the NAGA CARD, which allows for the withdrawal of trading profits via a shopping-friendly card which is usable both online and offline, home or abroad.

The social aspect of NAGA TRADER is what really sets the platform apart, however, as it allows for public and private chats, the automatic copying of the platform’s best traders, and the use of CYBO, a self-learning algorithm which manages your portfolio 24 hours a day.

NAGA TRADER’s News Feed also continually updates to show users the most relevant news stories as they break, while NAGA TRADER Protector™ helps you to limit your risk and secure your trading profits automatically.

Finally, the latest update to the NAGA TRADER app has added, in addition to improvements regarding stability and security, a fully-automated verification process with face recognition.

NAGA Wallet

In April, the NAGA team launched its new-and-improved NAGA WALLET — well ahead of its roadmap’s scheduled release.

Featuring ultra-low fees, the NAGA WALLET is a cutting-edge cryptocurrency wallet that allows users to securely store five of the world’s leading digital assets: Bitcoin (BTC), Litecoin (LTC), Dash (DASH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH), and NAGA Coin (NGC). Most recently, Ripple (XRP) users have also benefited from the cryptocurrency’s addition to the NAGA WALLET. Additionally, it supports all ERC-20 compatible tokens.

The highly versatile wallet is NAGA’s secure solution to the persistent challenges dogging digital asset ownership, which serve to impede the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies. Primarily, it allows for the instantaneous sending of coins and tokens on the blockchain without having to know other people’s wallet addresses. NAGA WALLET users can send coins and tokens directly to their contacts through their email address, removing the need to copy worrisome characters and fret over their accuracy, or worse still, have the address hijacked by malicious codes.

Additionally, NAGA transactions are up to 18,000 times faster than Bitcoin transactions and carry extremely small fees.

The NAGA WALLET is also a multi-currency payment gateway, equipped with a multi-factor authentication system which provides the highest level of security.Of course, the NAGA WALLET also seamlessly interacts with the entire NAGA ecosystem.

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NAGA Virtual

NAGA also offers a unique, safe, fair, and modern market called NAGA VIRTUAL (Switex).

NAGA VIRTUAL is primarily focused on offering gamers a platform on which to buy and sell items to and from each other. This, in turn, positively converts the time and effort gamers spend gaming.

NAGA VIRTUAL affords gamers the freedom and ability to trade from different games of different sources (PC, console, mobile etc.), which also benefits the game publishers themselves.

Furthermore, NAGA VIRTUAL offers an individual store for publishers, which serves as a direct income channel and a distribution platform for new items from their games.

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Ultimately, this information is merely scratching the surface of what the NAGA ecosystem has to offer the cryptocurrency and traditional investment community — and it’s also just the start. The platform has already launched NAGA ACADEMY in cooperation with a leading Cypriot educational institution, which boasts over 20 years of experience and offers UK-recognized Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. All tuition fees are payable with NGC.

Soon, NAGA will also add to its diversified ecosystem with the introduction of NAGA CARD, NAGA EXCHANGE, and NAGA WEALTH — illustrating that, when predicting the platform’s future, the best has clearly yet to come.

What do you think of NAGA’s unique and extensive ecosystem? Do you utilize NAGA’s services? Let us know in the comments below!

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Back in December, I reviewed a suite of ‘smart tools’ designed to help cryptocurrency traders minimize risks and maximize profits. Five months later I decided to revisit the platform to see if they had anything new to offer…

If You’re Not Innovating, You’re Stagnating

When it comes to crypto, few things are as disappointing to me as when a really promising project launches and comes out of the gate really strong, only to fizzle out a few months or a year down the road.

3Commas, which launched in September 2017, has managed to avoid that pitfall and just continues to get better and better. The platform boasts more than 22,000 active crypto traders and a daily trade volume of more than $6 million.

We continue to build win-win collaboration with our customers and as I can see it’s the main reason of our success.

The reason for the platform’s growing popularity, of course, is the wealth of tools and features it offers that has resulted in active traders making an average monthly profit of more than 15%.

More Exchanges Than Ever Before

When I previously reviewed 3Commas, the platform integrated with Poloniex, Bittrex, Bitfinex, Binance, and any Ethereum wallet. Since then, the developers have added integration with:

Bitstamp

CEX

Kucoin

YoBit

The team is in the process of adding support for Huobi as well, and a little bird told me that support for HitBTC and Bitmex will be coming online soon after.

Automated Trading Bots

The best trading tools are the ones you don’t have to babysit 24/7 and 3Commas has rolled out a new tool that makes my little guppy-sized crypto trader heart sing with joy. After much anticipation, the team has released its Automated Trading Bot tool and the reaction from the community has been overwhelmingly positive.

For those who are unfamiliar with the concept, a trading bot is a piece of computer software that executes trades over and over again based on pre-determined parameters that the trader configures.

The problem with most trading bots is that they are either difficult to use – especially for new traders – or they just plain don’t work the way we expect them to. 3Commas has solved both problems with a trading bot that is both easy to use and reliable in its performance. Results may vary, of course, but on average the trading bot generates a daily profit of around 1.5%. Detailed analytics on the bots’ performance are available on the 3Commas website.

Moomin Papa has created a terrific video explaining how 3Commas’ Automated Trading Bot works, but here it is in a nutshell:

Step 1: Choose which type of bot you are creating

3Commas supports two types of trading bots – simple and complex. A simple trading bot only involves one trading pair while a complex trading bot involves multiple trading pairs. For the purposes of this article, I am only focusing on simple trading bot creation.

Step 2: Name your bot

Naming your trading bot will help you remember which bot is trading which pairs. This is especially useful if you will be creating and running several trading bots.

Step 3: Choose your exchange

Tell your trading bot which exchange it will be trading on. It can be any exchange that you have added to your My Exchanges dashboard.

Step 4: Choose your trading pair

Select the trading pair you want your bot to buy and sell from the drop-down menu.

Step 5: Set your base trade size

This is where you tell your trading bot how much BTC, ETH, etc… you will be using in your initial trade.

Step 6: Set your safety trade size

This step is completely optional, but it lets traders ‘buy the dip’ in a safer, more controlled way. For example, let’s say my trading pair is XRP/BTC and I buy Ripple for $0.82 per token. If the price drops below my original purchase price, safety trades will let me buy more XRP with whatever amount of BTC I have my safety trade size set for.

Step 7: Set your target profit

This tells the trading bot when to sell and is set in percentages. Let’s say I set my target profit for 2%. If my trading bot initially purchased Ripple at $0.82 per token, when the price hits $0.8364, the bot will automatically execute a sell order.

Step 8: Choose your Take Profit Type

The trading bots support two Take Profit types – percentage from base trade and percentage from total volume.

Step 9: Max safety trades count

This step is optional (unless you have set a safety trade size) and tells the trading bot how many safety trades it is allowed to make before stopping.

Step 10: Max active safety trades count

Similar to Step 9, this step tells the trading bot how many active safety trades it can have in progress at any given time.

Step 11: Price deviation to open safety trades

Set as a percentage, this step tells the trading bot when it can start executing safety trades. For example, if I set it to 2, then when the price of Ripple drops 2% below my initial trade price the trading bot will begin executing safety trades.

Step 12: Trade Start Conditions

This step tells the trading bot when to make that initial trade. You can choose from TradingView Signal Buy or Strong Buy, TradingView Signal Strong Buy, Manually, or Open New Trade ASAP.

That’s all there is to it. Twelve steps may seem like a lot, but in reality, you can configure your first trading bot in just a few minutes – even if you’ve never set one up before. That’s the beauty of this tool – it’s easy enough for beginning traders but still robust enough to satisfy more experienced traders as well.

Are you ready to test drive 3Commas’ Automated Trading Bots for yourself? Visit 3commas.io and sign up today.

Are you a 3Commas user? Have you checked out their Automated Trading Bot? How does it compare to other trading bots? Let us know in the comments below.

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On April 28th, Waves released the first iteration of smart contracts on its testnet. Now, activation is expected on May 3rd.

A Careful and Considered Approach to Smart Contracts

On Saturday, April 28th, Waves officially launched smart contracts on the platform’s testnet.

This first release effectively allows community members to test non-Turing complete contracts. These smart contracts allow for a variety of account controls, in addition to other functionalities. Ilya Smagin, Head of Development for Smart Contracts at Waves, commented:

Waves smart contracts will initially include account and token controls, providing functionality for implementing the most-needed scenarios like multisignature wallets, atomic swaps, 2-factor authorization, as well as more elaborate protections for coins. We’ll also introduce a Data Transaction: a way to post Oracle data to the blockchain, of course, available from within our smart contracts code.

Waves notably took its time in implementing smart contracts, having first thoroughly analyzed Ethereum’s smart contracts before taking a careful and considerate approach to their actual implementation — utilizing a phased rollout, predictable computation overheads, and fixed fees. Waves CEO and founder Alexander Ivanov explains:

It’s really important to do this right. Non-Turing complete contracts will cover a large proportion of use cases, including smart accounts and smart tokens. These will be available from the Waves client for all users and will not require any specialist knowledge or expertise.

It’s worth mentioning that the developers at Waves will not fully activate Turing-complete contracts on the platform’s mainnet until all of the aforementioned features have been thoroughly tested and activated.

However, smart contract functionality will be activated on the platform’s testnet on May 3rd — assuming approval of the new code is granted by miners, in accordance with the Waves Feature Activation Protocol. You can find out more about Waves’ smart contracts and their implementation here.

How Will Smart Contracts Benefit Waves?

First and foremost, smart contracts will allow for multisignature wallets, which cannot be controlled by simply one person alone. For a transaction to occur, all necessary parties must provide their private keys at the same time.

Secondly, unlike other similar blockchains, Waves smart contracts do not use gas for non-Turing complete smart contracts — which means that fixed costs are always known upfront. Compared to Ethereum, this makes Waves significantly more simplified, efficient, and cost-effective, while still providing essentially the same service.

Additionally, Waves Tokens are like Waves itself, which means that they are treated exactly the same and are held in your address — while the platform still supports token creation in the core and from the standard Waves wallet. Essentially, this makes life a lot easier for end users. Furthermore, the tokens you create can immediately be distributed and traded on the Waves decentralized exchange, DEX, with no further work.

Atomic swaps will also be added, while smart contracts on Waves will also allow for token freezes — meaning users will be able to introduce parameters which prevent buyers from selling or transferring tokens from their address for a specified amount of time.

Finally, decentralized applications (DApps) which are based on Turing-complete smart contracts will be able to complete complicated processes on the Waves blockchain, meeting a wide range of different criteria.

All things considered, the implementation of smart contracts on the Waves platform is a huge step forward for the already successful project.

Are you excited for the activation of Waves smart contracts on May 3rd? Where do you see the successful platform going in the next few years? Let us know in the comments below!

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GoldMint.io, a pioneering company which hedges a stable cryptocurrency with real gold, has opened up sales of GOLD coins.

What is GoldMint?

GoldMint is a blockchain-based platform powered by the digital asset GOLD, which is 100% backed by physical gold or delivery futures. Therefore, one digital GOLD asset costs the same as one ounce of gold on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).

GoldMint’s physical gold is stored in the US Federal Reserve System’s banks, as well as in Singapore’s SGPMX custodians. For the sake of assurance, GoldMint fully intends on always making sure that its gold reserves are constantly even to or exceed the number of GOLD assets currently in circulation at any given time.

The project runs on the GoldMint blockchain, is 100% backed by physical gold or delivery futures, can be used as a trust management investment tool for peer-to-peer loans and operations with gold, and is a transparent, fast and secure payment tool.

GoldMint PTE LTD itself is a Singapore blockchain company specializing in gold tokenization. The company successfully completed its initial coin offering (ICO) in 2017 and raised $7 million.

The company operates with two assets: gold-secured GOLD and MNTP tokens, which is used in the GoldMint locker to confirm transactions. Additionally, MNTP token holders get access to preferential commissions for operations with GOLD assets. The company’s tokens are currently traded on Bancor, Yobit, SIMEX, IDEX, Etherdelta.

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The Sale is Open

As of April 12, GoldMint users may buy and sell GOLD coins on Bancor using one or more of the 50 supported cryptocurrencies. GOLD is also available on Simex (Singapore International Monetary Exchange and IDEX (Decentralized Ethereum Asset Exchange).

For the first time in history, users can take advantage of the opportunity to buy a stable coin, completely backed by the price of gold, in exchange for cryptocurrency. With the help of the GOLD stablecoin, crypto investors can hedge against the risk of cryptocurrencies falling in an extremely volatile market — which happens all too frequently.

GOLD will also bring a new class of investors into the cryptocurrency market, as precious metals investors previously uninterested in cryptocurrency now have a reason to get involved.

A Difference that Matters

Not all cryptocurrencies and digital assets are created equal.

The key difference between GOLD and other digital assets is that all GOLD coins are actually backed by a physical product — in this case, the most successful store of value in history, gold.

Said gold is purchased under delivery futures on the Chicago CME exchange and then placed in a bank of the U.S. Federal Reserve system. When extreme volatility arises in the cryptocurrency market, GOLD affords cryptocurrency investors the ability to mitigate their risk by investing in a stable coin, as opposed to converting to fiat currencies.

Additionally, GOLD smart contracts ensure that the amount of crypto assets sold is equal to the amount of gold held in GoldMint company.

GOLD coins may be purchased with cryptocurrency at the Bancor exchange and can be stored in your compatible Ethereum wallet. Because GoldMint works on the Ethereum network, it is also compatible with ethereal wallets.

The Goldmint team plans to launch a personal account with a multi-currency wallet, which will afford users the ability to purchase tokens via fiat money, bank transfer, or credit card, in 2018.

Are you interested in investing in a stable cryptocurrency backed 100% by real gold? Do you think GOLD is a safe way to protect yourself against the cryptocurrency market’s volatility? Let us know in the comments below!

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As is the case in traditional business, the cryptocurrency marketplace is a dog-eat-dog competition where only the strong survive. Unfortunately, this creates hundreds of failed projects and millions of dollars in lost value. Can buyouts help transfer that value back into Bitcoin and other major market players?

The Benefits of Buyouts

Not every start-up business can find the success it needs to stay afloat, and even well-established companies go bankrupt. When this happens, buyouts from other companies may help salvage remaining assets for future use and provide many benefits. The same applies to the cryptocurrency space, as well.

For starters, sometimes a company has begun development on a very promising new product or piece of technology, only to have it languish away as the team dwindles and the well runs dry. If a larger business comes in and incorporates the new product or technology into its existing business model, both parties benefit — as does the consumer.

Likewise, some cryptocurrency projects have interesting ideas, but internal issues or a lack of funding prevents its dream from coming to fruition. If another blockchain company could buy out the failed project, the benefits would not be lost to the jungle that is the cryptocurrency marketplace.

Another advantage is the reduction of competition in a space which is supersaturated with the same ideas — and nowhere is this more prevalent than in the cryptocurrency space, where literally thousands of companies are vying for dominance in the same handful of categories. In this case, having a smaller company get bought out by a larger company provides the latter with advantages due to economies of scale, while nullifying the need for a price war and allowing more time and effort to go towards expansion.

Furthermore, successful buyouts do away with duplicate products and businesses offering essentially the same service — effectively cleaning up the clutter. Again, the cryptocurrency marketplace today is the very definition of clutter, especially once one ventures outside the 50 largest projects by market capitalization. Buyouts in cluttered environments, in turn, work to increase profits, as the dominant company is able to offer their products at better price points.

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Can Buyouts Work in Crypto?

Buyouts aren’t really a thing in the cryptocurrency space — until now.

One company, in particular, is looking to clean up the clutter and revolutionize the way business is done in the blockchain marketplace. Called CoinJanitor, the project purportedly aims to reduce cryptocurrency market dilution and restore lost value to broader cryptocurrency economy by buying out dead coin holders, community members, and creators.

In essence, CoinJanitor offers everyone involved in a failed project the opportunity to join a successful project with a network effect that the projects they created or supported failed to achieve by implementing a subsequent systematic burn of the coins being bought out.

With a CoinJanitor buyout, everyone wins. Users receive the chance to get value back from the failed coins that can no longer be sold while joining a growing community. Project creators get the chance to help lead a newly created community and put their failed efforts to good use, while the cryptocurrency market as a whole benefits from both an effective culling and the transfer of otherwise-lost value into Bitcoin and other viable cryptocurrencies.

To learn more about CoinJanitor or participate in the upcoming ICO, check out the project’s official website here.

What do you think of buyouts in the cryptocurrency space? Do you think CoinJanitor can help clean up the mess that is the blockchain market? Let us know in the comments below!

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Blockchain start-up White Rabbit, developers of a browser plugin that allows users to legally stream movies and television series from any open streaming service, has announced a strategic partnership with K5 International, a subdivision of K5 Media Group, a renowned media production company that has produced Oscar-nominated films.

Financial details of the partnership, which was announced in Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, where not disclosed, however, the deal conditions suggest that K5 will grant White Rabbit users access to its library of 50-plus movies while the company’s co-founder Daniel Baur will join White Rabbit’s advisory board. Further details of the details, however, remain undisclosed.

White Rabbit is developing a browser plugin that will recognize any type of streaming content and offer the viewer a chance to directly pay to the copyright holders of said content via secure blockchain infrastructure using the platform’s native WRT tokens. All purchased content will remain available to the user in the Rabbit Hole – the content library – regardless of the viewer’s geographic location.

The tokens themselves will be available for sale during a whitelisting event later this year.

Such deals show that the conservative cinema industry is becoming interested in innovative technological solutions and that our WRT token will have a very decent real-life application.

Milligan is a renowned filmmaker whose filmography includes award-winning motion picture Letter to the King.

Baur also noted:

I have been actively searching the blockchain space for over a year, looking for companies that can have a massive impact on the film industry. With White Rabbit, I saw a product that properly integrates blockchain and embraces the existing entertainment industry and fans in a unique way.

K5’s portfolio includes films directed by such renowned filmmakers as Andrew Niccol and Tom McCarthy.

Aside from that, White Rabbit has also announced that three specialists from one of Europe’s biggest blockchain companies Blockchangers will join the team. Jonas Therkelson will step in as CTO, Jon Ramvi as lead blockchain developer, and Robin Pedersen as full stack developer.

Milligan remarked:

We are incredibly excited to have K5, Daniel Baur and the Blockchangers team support our mission to ensure a legal, innovative P2P streaming market, offering fans the choice and access they deserve and the industry a transparent and instant monetization model for rights holders, film investors and talent.

White Rabbit was first announced in October 2017. The project is currently being developed with the MVP (minimum viable product) expected to be released in the second quarter of 2018.

Currently, the project holds a $1 million budget partnership program which offers up to $100,000 to any video service that joins White Rabbit.

What do you think of White Rabbit’s new partnership with K5? Let us know in the comments below.

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